(CNN) - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday turned down a request that she block part of Obamacare that would require companies' health plans to provide for coverage of certain contraceptives, such as the morning-after pill.
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Mardel, Inc. and five family members involved in ownership and control of the corporations had protested the requirement, which is to kick in January 1.

They said they would be required "to provide insurance coverage for certain drugs and devices that the applicants believe can cause abortions," which would be against their religious beliefs, Sotomayor wrote in her opinion.

The applicants said they would face irreparable harm if forced to choose between paying fines and complying with the requirement.

But Sotomayor, who handles emergency appeals from the 10th Circuit, said the applicants failed to meet "the demanding standard for the extraordinary relief," and that they could continue to pursue their challenge in lower courts and return to the higher court, if necessary, following a final judgment.

Hobby Lobby is a chain of arts and crafts stores with more than 13,000 employees; Mardel is a chain of Christian-themed bookstores with 372 full-time employees. Both are based in Oklahoma City. Neither company responded to e-mails.

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June 1, 2013 at 8:19 pm |

SoldierOfConscience

More heavy handed government policies not allowing us to follow our religion

Hey James Madison................religion has none it looks like.............with the comments on this blog.

The Big question is ETHICS ! does religion have any ?

The Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species

Apr. 8, 2013 — At some point, scientists may be able to bring back extinct animals, and perhaps early humans, raising questions of ethics and environmental disruption.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408165955.htm

The fact...............the earth is to old ...........time to EVOLVE !..................Creationists...........ID believers and christians !

Ancient Earth Crust Stored in Deep Mantle

Apr. 24, 2013 — Scientists have long believed that lava erupted from certain oceanic volcanoes contains materials from the early Earth's crust. But decisive evidence for this phenomenon has proven elusive. New research from a team including Carnegie's Erik Hauri demonstrates that oceanic volcanic rocks contain samples of recycled crust dating back to the Archean era 2.5 billion years ago. Their work is published in Nature.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424132705.htm

Maybe they should not have created the wedge !!!

The wedge strategy is a political and social action plan authored by the Discovery Insti-tute, the hub of the intelligent design movement. The strategy was put forth in a Discovery Insti-tute manifesto known as the Wedge Docu-ment,[1] which describes a broad social, political, and academic agenda whose ultimate goal is to defeat materialism, naturalism, evolution, and "reverse the stifling materialist world view and replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic
convictions.

Gravity is not up for debate ! ............E = mc2..........(U–Pb).................two math formulas..........that do not lie or sin !!!...

By the numbers .......easy to do !

Doc................Love FACTS !...............Evolution is a dirty word to them !

Monkey Math: Baboons Show Brain's Ability to Understand Numbers

May 3, 2013 — Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a less obvious trait – the ability to understand numbers – also is shared by humans and their primate cousins.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130306133917.htm

The ORIGIN story is bullsh-it...............so is the bible............... nasty !

From Soup to Cells—the Origin of Life

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE2aOriginoflife.shtml

Scientists have unearthed the first direct signs of cheesemaking, at a site in Poland that dates back 7,500 years.

Gravity is not up for debate ! ............E = mc2..........(U–Pb).................two math formulas..........that do not lie or sin !!!..........

BY the way ...................Splat goes a fairy in the sky !...............bye bye tinker bell !

Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet

Apr. 25, 2013 — A strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature of gravity. The extremely strong gravity of a massive neutron star in orbit with a companion white dwarf star puts competing theories of gravity to a test more stringent than any available before

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425142250.htm

Hey James Madison................religion has none it looks like.............with the comments on this blog.

The Big question is ETHICS ! does religion have any ?

The Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species

Apr. 8, 2013 — At some point, scientists may be able to bring back extinct animals, and perhaps early humans, raising questions of ethics and environmental disruption.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408165955.htm

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Dinosaur Egg Study Supports Evolutionary Link Between Birds and Dinosaurs: How Troodon Likely Hatched Its Young

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418104324.htm

And NO ANGELS the pope KICKED them OFF the TEAM last year !

From Soup to Cells—the Origin of Life

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE2aOriginoflife.shtml

the wrong path is Adam and Eve !

Human Y Chromosome Much Older Than Previously Thought

Mar. 4, 2013 — The discovery and analysis of an extremely rare African American Y chromosome pushes back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 338,000 years ago. This time predates the age of the oldest known anatomically modern human fossils.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130305145821.htm

No god(s) needed or required to graduate from public schools in the US

Remember : Adam had to POKE himself hard with his OWN BONE to create Eve.

Apr. 23, 2013 — Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423134037.htm

Ca-nabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ®) – National Cancer Insti-tute

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/.../page4

Mar 21, 2013 – [1,2] These plant-derived compounds may be referred to as phytocannabinoids. ... have a protective effect against the development of certain types of tumors. ... In lung cancer cell lines, CBD upregulated ICAM-1, leading to ...

Good stuff !

The fact...............the earth is to old for this nonsemse ! Time to EVOLVE !

Ancient Earth Crust Stored in Deep Mantle

Apr. 24, 2013 — Scientists have long believed that lava erupted from certain oceanic volcanoes contains materials from the early Earth's crust. But decisive evidence for this phenomenon has proven elusive. New research from a team including Carnegie's Erik Hauri demonstrates that oceanic volcanic rocks contain samples of recycled crust dating back to the Archean era 2.5 billion years ago. Their work is published in Nature.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424132705.htm

For what...................... ? Make sure to read what the pope said !

Where do morals come from?

By Kelly Murray, CNN

https://religion.blogs.cnn.com/

Learning is fun with facts.......................... and facts work when teaching children.

Pope praises science, but insists God created world updated Thur October 28, 2010
Stephen Hawking is wrong, Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday – God did create the universe. The pope didn't actually mention the world-famous scientist, who argues in a book published last month that the laws of physics show there is no need for a supreme... \

Heaven is 'a fairy story,' scientist Stephen Hawking says updated Tue May 17, 2011
By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor The concept of heaven or any kind of afterlife is a "fairy story," famed British scientist Stephen Hawking said in a newspaper interview this week. "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when...

NASA: Three planets found are some of best candidates so far for habitable worlds outside our solar system.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/18/us/planet-discovery/index.html

NASA: Mars could have supported life

Star Dust we are

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWdU_px9ApE&w=640&h=360]

Holy Hallucinations 35

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The ORIGIN story is bullsh-it...............so is the bible............... nasty !

From Soup to Cells—the Origin of Life

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE2aOriginoflife.shtml

Scientists have unearthed the first direct signs of cheesemaking, at a site in Poland that dates back 7,500 years.

Human Evolution

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE2cHumanevo.shtml

BBC. Planet of the Apemen. Battle for Earth 1. Ho-mo Erectus

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUliLKSJ4bQ&w=640&h=360]

BACKFILL on E =mc2.....

Einstein letter, set for auction, shows scientist challenging idea of God, being 'chosen'

By Jessica Ravitz, CNN

Decades before atheist scientist and author Richard Dawkins called God a "delusion," one world-renowned physicist – Albert Einstein – was weighing in on faith matters with his own strong words.

“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends,” Einstein wrote in German in a 1954 letter that will be auctioned on eBay later this month. "No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”

The fact...............the earth is to old ...........time to EVOLVE !.

Ancient Earth Crust Stored in Deep Mantle

Apr. 24, 2013 — Scientists have long believed that lava erupted from certain oceanic volcanoes contains materials from the early Earth's crust. But decisive evidence for this phenomenon has proven elusive. New research from a team including Carnegie's Erik Hauri demonstrates that oceanic volcanic rocks contain samples of recycled crust dating back to the Archean era 2.5 billion years ago. Their work is published in Nature.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/earth-from-space.html

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May 6, 2013 at 12:34 pm |

Almeda Robichaud

When economists and policymakers worry about the long-term fiscal crisis, what they’re mostly worried about is Medicare. That’s why a persistent idea during this fiscal cliff season is raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. It’s an idea that appears superficially to have many virtues. Bringing the Medicare retirement age into line with the Social Security retirement age seems logical. The change is simple to describe to journalists and the public. And agreeing to reduce spending by keeping the program the same but limiting eligibility for it allows Democrats and Republicans to come together without resolving their fundamental disagreement over what Medicare should look like. *

The antis can get laryngitis and go home. Then we would not have to listen to their crappola any more. They are ignoring the fact that anti birth control and antiabortion people lost big in the election and have to run their big windy mouths about it all the tims. TS!

January 23, 2013 at 2:58 pm |

Uss Columbia

I hope Hobby Lobby wins, then one of their employess sues them for pushing their religous views onto that employee. I don't understand this! You don't want abortions, but you don't wnat contraceptives. More contraceptives lead to LESS abortions. Are you people just THAT stupid you can't grasp this concept? Even your man god Jesus is face-palming himself over your stone-cold ignorance. It really does just baffle me!

January 10, 2013 at 5:27 pm |

Michael

So taking this "religious liberty" argument to a not-unreasonable extent.... What happens when a company owned by Jehovah's Witnesses wants to exclude coverage for any surgery that involves blood transfusions? Suddenly religious liberty becomes enforcing your beliefs on your employees. News flash... its enforcing your beliefs on your employees in either case.

January 9, 2013 at 3:54 am |

Marie Lins

What a sad day for AMERICA...The government making it IMPOSSIBLE for any private business with religious convictions to stay in business. If the government doesn't relent on their controlling fines...I hope HOBBY LOBBY does the right thing and shuts down. Jobs lost. But that's what you get when your up against a GODLESS government. So sad. Our freedoms are vanishing before our eyes...Hope everyone likes WALMART only...and to be controlled by your government! Genocide is not to far down the pike. The government was supposed to be set up FOR THE PEOPLE....

Why doesn't OBAMA and congress live like the rest of us? Wages, ObamaCara, and if he puts a weapons ban, than Obama's family needs to protect himself with a knife or whatever they allow us to use! BLIND...We are becoming so blind...Money is GOD right????

January 8, 2013 at 2:03 pm |

Pete

"I hope HOBBY LOBBY does the right thing and shuts down. Jobs lost."

So xtian of you. Of course in your selfish rant you totally disregard all the families that this would impact. I am sure if you read your bible you would know that would not be very xtian of HL to do. Keep showing the world why your religion is a disgrace.

January 8, 2013 at 2:06 pm |

Marie Lins

Pete- That's the difference between us....I see aborted babies as just as important as lost jobs.

January 8, 2013 at 2:08 pm |

Marie Lins

And further Pete-If the gov't really cared about people it wouldn't inflict those dastardly fines on private business owners because they refuse to participate in anything to do with abortion! You seem to care so bad about the people but what about our government BULLYING Hobby Lobby with those INSANE FINES??? SICK. Is abortion such an important way of life for us Americans that taxpayers with different beliefs should support it?

You said, "The government making it IMPOSSIBLE for any private business with religious convictions to stay in business."
Not at all. If they wish to run a business, all they need to do is comply with applicable law. If they wish to run a church, different rules apply.

You said, "If the government doesn't relent on their controlling fines...I hope HOBBY LOBBY does the right thing and shuts down."
If there is a market for their goods, some other business will take their place.

You said, "But that's what you get when your up against a GODLESS government."
Your imaginary friend has no business in my government.

You said, "Our freedoms are vanishing before our eyes."
Your freedom to free exercise of religion doesn't extend to telling other how to believe or worship.

You said, "Genocide is not to far down the pike."
I doubt it, although a cleansing of religious dimwits might actually be beneficial.

You said, "The government was supposed to be set up FOR THE PEOPLE."
And they are standing up for every employee. Nobody requires them to use contraception. If they feel it is against their delusion, they are free not to use it.

You said, "Wages, ObamaCara, and if he puts a weapons ban, than Obama's family needs to protect himself with a knife or whatever they allow us to use! BLIND...We are becoming so blind...Money is GOD right????"
Holy fucking shit! You are completely delusional, aren't you?

January 8, 2013 at 2:13 pm |

Marie Lins

Pete- I have opinions but you have attacked me personally "selfish" and a "disgrace". I disagree with our governments BULLYING and forced agendas. So we can be pro-life but we can't be pro-life and own a business apparently.

January 8, 2013 at 2:16 pm |

Pete

"BULLYING Hobby Lobby with those INSANE FINES??? "

The high court in our country ruled obama care is legal. It's the law now, HL has to follow the laws of this country. The fines are part of that. So let's use your dumb logic and say your god is BULLYING you with the insane hell for eternity crap!

January 8, 2013 at 2:19 pm |

Pete

"So we can be pro-life but we can't be pro-life and own a business apparently."

Wow really are you serious? LMAO! You can be pro-life all you want but you don't have the right to push that belief on your employees.

January 8, 2013 at 2:20 pm |

Reality

More from Guttmacher:

"• Fifty-four percent of women who have abortions had used a contraceptive method (usually the condom or the pill) during the month they became pregnant. Among those women, 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users report having used their method inconsistently, while 13% of pill users and 14% of condom users report correct use.["

And yet some want Hobby Lobby et al to support the stupidity of these women and men who cannot follow simple directions!!!

December 29, 2012 at 12:28 pm |

Wolfe Bossinger

Guttmacher, your statistics mean nothing more than that you made them up, that you can't cite sources, as usual with tea bagger religious zealots. But, you could be right about one thing: your simpleton parents couldn't follow directions!

December 29, 2012 at 10:25 pm |

Saraswati

Over half the US population apparently also can't follow the simple "Don't eat more calories than you burn" rule, raising the cost of their health care significantly. Should they all be kicked off the health plan?

To be sure we're on the same page, the costly part is paying for pregnancies and the care of these unwanted babies...not emergency contraception or abortions.

December 29, 2012 at 10:34 pm |

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

And? So what? Would you prefer that these people be forced to continue pregnancies they didn't plan and don't want because they screwed up on BC? Why? To what end? You DO realize, don't you, that if the resulting pregnancies continue, the pregnant employees will need to have their health insurance cover the costs of pre-natal care, child-birth, and parental leave, right?

Or did you choose to ignore those issues?

December 29, 2012 at 10:39 pm |

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

Aside: I knew Reality was an idiot. I didn't realize until now how completely, incredibly stupid he was.

December 29, 2012 at 10:41 pm |

Reality

One more time:

The reality of se-x, abortion, contraception and STD/HIV control: – from an agnostic guy who enjoys intelligent se-x-

Note: Some words hyphenated to defeat an obvious word filter. ...

The Brutal Effects of Stupidity:

: The failures of the widely used birth "control" methods i.e. the Pill (8.7% actual failure rate) and male con-dom (17.4% actual failure rate) have led to the large rate of abortions and S-TDs in the USA. Men and women must either recognize their responsibilities by using the Pill or co-ndoms properly and/or use safer methods in order to reduce the epidemics of abortion and S-TDs.- Failure rate statistics provided by the Gut-tmacher Inst-itute. Unfortunately they do not give the statistics for doubling up i.e. using a combination of the Pill and a condom.

Added information before making your next move:

from the CDC-2006

"Se-xually transmitted diseases (STDs) remain a major public health challenge in the United States. While substantial progress has been made in preventing, diagnosing, and treating certain S-TDs in recent years, CDC estimates that approximately 19 million new infections occur each year, almost half of them among young people ages 15 to 24.1 In addition to the physical and psy-ch-ological consequences of S-TDs, these diseases also exact a tremendous economic toll. Direct medical costs as-sociated with STDs in the United States are estimated at up to $14.7 billion annually in 2006 dollars."

And from:

Consumer Reports, January, 2012

"Yes, or-al se-x is se-x, and it can boost cancer risk-

Here's a crucial message for teens (and all se-xually active "post-teeners": Or-al se-x carries many of the same risks as va-ginal se-x, including human papilloma virus, or HPV. And HPV may now be overtaking tobacco as the leading cause of or-al cancers in America in people under age 50.

"Adolescents don’t think or-al se-x is something to worry about," said Bonnie Halpern-Felsher professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. "They view it as a way to have intimacy without having 's-ex.'" (It should be called the Bill Clinton Syndrome !!)

Obviously, political leaders in both parties, Planned Parenthood, parents, the "stupid part of the USA" and the educational system have failed miserably on many fronts.

Every other method ranks below these, including Withdrawal (4.0), Female condom (5.0), Diaphragm (6.0), Periodic abstinence (calendar) (9.0), the Sponge (9.0-20.0, depending on whether the woman using it has had a child in the past), Cervical cap (9.0-26.0, with the same caveat as the Sponge), and Spermicides (18.0).

December 30, 2012 at 7:58 am |

Reality

Once again some incentives to live a healthy life style and also ways to pay for universal health care.

1. An added two dollar health insurance tax (or higher) on a pack of cigarettes. Ditto taxes on alcoholic beverages, the higher the alcohol content, the higher the tax. Ditto for any product shown to be unhealthy (e.g. guns, high caloric/fatty foods??)

2. Physicals akin to those required for life insurance- the overly obese will pay signficantly more Medicare and universal health insurance (unless the obesity is caused by a medical condition).

3. No universal health care coverage for drivers driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or using cell phones while driving.

4. No universal health coverage for drug addicts or for those having self-inflicted STDs.

5. No universal health coverage for abortions unless the life of the mother is at significant risk and judged to be so by at least two doctors.

6. No universal health coverage for euthanasia.

7. No foreign aid given to countries who abort females simply because they are female.

December 30, 2012 at 8:00 am |

Reality

"Facts on Contraceptive Use

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_contr_use.html
January 2008 and June 2010

"WHO NEEDS CONTRACEPTIVES?

• 62 million U.S. women (and men?) are in their childbearing years (15–44).[1]

• 43 million women (and men) of reproductive age, or 7 in 10, are se-xually active and do not want to become pregnant, but could become pregnant if they or their partners fail to use a con-traceptive method.[2]

• The typical U.S. woman (man?) wants only 2 children. To achieve this goal, she (he?) must use cont-raceptives for roughly 3 decades.[3]

WHO USES CON-TRACEPTIVES?

• Virtually all women (98%) aged 15–44 who have ever had int-ercourse have used at least one con-traceptive method.[2](and men?)

• Overall, 62% of the 62 million women aged 15–44 are currently using one.[2] (and men)

• 31% of the 62 million women (and men?) do not need a method because they are infertile; are pregnant, postpartum or trying to become pregnant; have never had inte-rcourse; or are not se-xually active.[2]

• Thus, only 7% of women aged 15–44 are at risk of unwanted pregnancy but are not using con-traceptives.[2] (and men?)

• Among the 42 million fertile, s-exually active women who do not want to become pregnant, 89% are practicing con-traception.[2] (and men?)

WHICH METHODS DO WOMEN (men?) USE?

• 64% of reproductive-age women who practice con-traception use reversible methods, such as oral con-traceptives or condoms. The remaining women rely on female or male sterilization.[2]

FIRST-YEAR CON-TRACEPTIVE FAILURE RATES – Guttmacher Inst-itute

Percentage of women experiencing an unintended pregnancy (a few examples)
Some examples
Method……………..Typical

1,200,000 unplanned pregnancies during the first year of male condom use.

The Gut-tmacher Inst-itute (same reference) notes also that the perfect use of the pill should result in a 0.3% failure rate
(35,000 unplanned pregnancies) and for the male condom, a 2% failure rate (138,000 unplanned pregnancies).

o Conclusion: The failures of the widely used birth "control" methods i.e. the pill and male condom have led to the large rate of abortions and S-TDs in the USA. Men and women must either recognize their responsibilities by using the pill or condoms properly and/or use other methods in order to reduce the epidemics of abortion and S-TDs.

December 30, 2012 at 8:02 am |

UncleBenny

"Reality: Once again some incentives to live a healthy life style and also ways to pay for universal health care.
1. An added two dollar health insurance tax (or higher) on a pack of cigarettes etc
2. Physicals akin to those required for life insurance etc.
3. No universal health care coverage for drivers driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or using cell phones while driving.
4. No universal health coverage for drug addicts or for those having self-inflicted STDs.
5. No universal health coverage for abortions unless the life of the mother is at significant risk and judged to be so by at least two doctors.
6. No universal health coverage for euthanasia.
7. No foreign aid given to countries who abort females simply because they are female."

I'm with you on 1, 2, 3, & 7. Not so much on the others. To #3 about drivers, I would add "those injured or killed while not wearing seat belts" and in all cases also allow life insurance companies to charge at least a 50% deductible.

December 30, 2012 at 9:20 am |

Wrathbrow

"4. No universal health coverage for drug addicts or for those having self-inflicted STDs."

More children born to drug addicts. Not a good idea.

January 7, 2013 at 11:49 am |

Ann

Reality, would you please explain to me what a "self-inflicted STD" is? Because, you know, you can't catch one by master baiting.

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